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In any case, tritium must be stored, injected into the reaction location, and the exhaust gas – which is a complex mixture of unburned fuel, helium-‘ash’, other by-products, and many secondary impurities – must be processed efficiently. In addition, an outer loop must be established where tritium, bred through the reaction of fusion-born neutrons with lithium, is purified and prepared for reinjection. In a DEMO-like reactor with a thermal power of approximately 3GW, hundreds of grams of tritium are both consumed in the reactor and generated from lithium daily. This process involves handling a couple of kilograms of tritium as it continuously cycles through the processing loops.